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JOURNAL OF CARDIAC FAILURE
卷 11, 期 7, 页码 548-556出版社
CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE INC MEDICAL PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2005.05.005
关键词
extracellular matrix; heart failure; hypertrophy; ventricular function
资金
- NHLBI NIH HHS [R01-HL62228, R01-HL073990] Funding Source: Medline
Background: Left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy and dilation are important compensatory responses to chronic volume overload; however, the mechanisms responsible for this LV remodeling have not been well characterized. Previous observations that the number of myocardial mast cells are increased in congestive heart failure (CHF) suggested the hypothesis that mast cells might be involved in the ventricular remodeling induced by a chronic Volume overload. Methods and Results: Accordingly, the intent of this study was to determine the contribution of mast cells to LV remodeling, dysfunction, and morbidity/mortality secondary to CHF in the infrarenal aortocaval fistula model of sustained volume overload. To this end, LV end-diastolic pressure, size, and function (ie, isovolumetric pressure-volume relations in the blood-perfused isolated heart) were assessed in both nedocromil sodium treated and untreated rats at 8 weeks after fistula and compared with age-matched controls. Nedocromil, a mast cell-stabilizing drug, effectively prevented the LV dilation and decreased contractility seen in the untreated fistula group in a dose-dependent fashion, resulting in a significant reduction in the incidence of morbidity/mortality from CHF. Conclusion: The ability of mast cell stabilization to prevent ventricular dilation induced by chronic volume overload identifies a key role for mast cells in the regulation of myocardial remodeling.
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